Cultural return | The fertile offer of the galleries

Haiti, #metoo, abstraction, work on the body, environment, diversity, digital identity. The themes of the exhibitions presented in the galleries this fall promise fascinating encounters with new artistic expressions. The offer is once again successful. Here are our 10 suggestions for a nourishing back to school.

Eric Clement
The Press

Hugues Charbonneau Gallery

On the occasion of his 10^e anniversary, the Hugues Charbonneau gallery will celebrate Haiti with two exhibitions. First, from September 14 to October 22, a solo by Manuel Mathieu returning from a series of exhibitions in Chicago, London and Shanghai. It will unveil paintings and ceramics created around the theme of melancholy. Otherwise, Sovereign imaginaries, curated by Dominique Fontaine, will take place in the gallery’s new premises (still at the Belgo) as well as at the Janine-Sutto cultural centre, from 17 November. With the works of fifteen artists of Haitian origin, including Esther Calixte-Bea, Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux, Stanley February, Patrick F. Henry, Manuel Mathieu, Michaëlle Sergile and Pascal Smarth.

UQAM Gallery

From September 9, the Galerie de l’UQAM will evoke the social upheavals of recent years. The collective exhibition headlong | sharing madness, by curators Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau and Maude Johnson, will focus on the unifying power of the moving body in the performing arts. At the same time, Caroline Pierret Pirson will broadcast Never silent again, a 70-minute video. Moving, created in response to the #metoo movement, the work is a series of testimonies by 19 women, aged 26 to 74, from 10 countries, who talk about the violence they have experienced or witnessed. A very nice job.

1700 La Poste

From October 7, 1700 La Poste will pay tribute to photographer Raymonde April. The exhibition Raymonde April – Crossing will bring together a hundred photographs that retrace his journey from 1974 to 2022, along three axes: temporality, geographical space and the gaze focused on the other and on oneself.

Pierre-Francois Ouellette Gallery

Pierre-François Ouellette offers two contrasting exhibitions this fall. Dil Hildebrand, from September 8, with new paintings and works on paper. The Winnipeg-born Montreal artist became interested in nature and its representation. Then, we will be entitled to a hundred small prints by Jérôme Fortin from October 22nd. With motifs that resemble choreographies, hence the name of the corpus: To dance.

Directly south

The reopening of the Plein Sud exhibition center in Longueuil takes place this Saturday, September 3, with The children of robbers, by Karen Tam, curated by Ariane De Blois. The exhibition brings together old pieces and new ones. Karen Tam continues her research on Chinatowns, this time from the angle of immigration.

Bradley Ertaskiran Gallery

Two exhibitions at Bradley Ertaskiran from September 22: blend in, surfaceby Luce Meunier, and Demimonde, by Mathieu Beausejour. Note that the collective exhibition Parallel Universestarring Shuvinai Ashoona, Dexter Barker-Glenn, Nicolas Grenier, Stephanie Temma Hier, Justin Liam O’Brien, Sophie Ruigrok, Catherine Telford Keogh, Joseph Tisiga and Guimi You, is on view until September 10.

Jano Rabbit Gallery

Digital art is celebrating in Verdun at Jano Lapin this fall with, from September 22, Digital Self, curated by Anne Jano and digital designer Samuel Arsenault-Brassard. The deployment includes the works of 36 artists from around the world who have worked on digital identity. But all the works will also be transformed into NFT format (non-fungible token).

Robert Poulin Gallery

Starting September 8, Robert Poulin presents a second solo by Montreal artist Marc Leduc, known for his complex and mysterious mixed media. Will follow, in October, the exhibition Tribute to Leo Rosshandlerpunctuated by the publication of a book in memory of the artist and former assistant director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (from 1968 to 1976), who died two years ago.

Grantham Foundation

Finally, the Grantham Foundation for Art and the Environment will deploy, from September 24, in Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, Reciprocity exercises, curated by Ji-Yoon Han and which brings together the works of Adam Basanta, Jérôme Nadeau, Cynthia Girard-Renard, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Christina Battle, Katherine Melançon and Ioana Vreme Moser. The seven artists have been invited to take over the premises of the Foundation for a micro-residency… It’s promising.